A subtle portrait of one of the world’s great concert artists, this volume offers a vivid presentation of Arrau’s unique and intensely felt beliefs about music and piano technique. In addition to conversations with Arrau, the author has included discussions with four of Arrau’s renowned musical colleagues: Philip Lorenz, Daniel Barenboim, Garrick Ohlsson, and Sir Colin Davis. T...(展开全部)

The National Book Award Finalist and New York Times bestseller that became a guide and balm for a country struggling to understand the election of Donald Trump “A generous but disconcerting look at the Tea Party. . . . This is a smart, respectful and compelling book.” —Jason DeParle, The New York Times Book Review Finalist, National Book Award 2016 One of “6 Books to Understand...(展开全部)

Arlie Hochschild is best known for her contributions to the domestic division of labor (The Second Shift), emotional labor (The Managed Heart), the rationalization of the home (Time Bind), the commodification of private life (The Commercialization of Intimate Life, The Outsourced Self). In her latest book, Strangers in Their Own Land, Hochschild takes her notion of “feeling ru...(展开全部)

Arlie Hochschild is best known for her contributions to the domestic division of labor (The Second Shift), emotional labor (The Managed Heart), the rationalization of the home (Time Bind), the commodification of private life (The Commercialization of Intimate Life, The Outsourced Self). In her latest book, Strangers in Their Own Land, Hochschild takes her notion of “feeling ru...(展开全部)

本杰明·艾尔曼 Benjamin A. Elman, 1946年出生于德国慕尼黑，1980年获美国宾夕法尼亚大学东方学博士学位，先后担任加州大学洛杉矶分校副教授、教授（1986—2001）以及普林斯顿大学东亚系和历史系双聘教授（2002-）。主要从事中国文明史、清史和 中国思想史的研究，研究领域包括中国思想文化史（1000-1900）、中国科学史（1600—1930）、帝制晚期中国教育史以及中日文化史（1600-1850）。著作主要有《从理学到朴学——中华帝国晚期思想与社会变化面面观》（1984）、《经学、政治和宗族——中华帝国晚期常州今文学派研究》（1990）和《晚期中华帝国科举文化史》（2000）。

【美】戴尔•E.布来得森（Dale E. Bredesen） 国际公认的神经系统变性疾病研究权威专家，巴克老龄化问题研究所创始人，加州大学洛杉矶分校教授，拥有30多项个人专利。 曾在诺贝尔奖获得者斯坦利·普鲁西纳教授的实验室研从事博士后研究，在加州大学旧金山分校担任神经病学首席住院医师。 1998年，创办巴克老龄化问题研究所，这是美国早期专门研究衰老和慢性疾病关系的独立研究机构。2013年，回到加州大学洛杉矶分校担任阿尔茨海默病研究中心主任。 他和他的团队研究阿尔茨海默病问题30多年，发表了200多篇研究论文，取得了诸多突破性进展，并将研究成果转化为治疗阿尔茨海默病和其他神经系统变性疾病的有效方法，为阿尔茨海默病的治疗带来了希望。

The first book from Ruth Bader Ginsburg since becoming a Supreme Court Justice in 1993—a witty, engaging, serious, and playful collection of writings and speeches from the woman who has had a powerful and enduring influence on law, women’s rights, and popular culture. My Own Words is a selection of writings and speeches by Justice Ginsburg on wide-ranging topics, including gend...(展开全部)

In this collection Justice Ginsburg discusses gender equality, the workings of the Supreme Court, being Jewish, law and lawyers in opera, and the value of looking beyond US shores when interpreting the US Constitution. Throughout her life Justice Ginsburg has been (and continues to be) a prolific writer and public speaker. This book’s sampling is selected by Justice Ginsburg an...(展开全部)

Jay Rubin explains how Murakami developed a distinctive new style in Japanese writing. In tracing the reclusive writer’s career, he draws on his own interviews with him, and observations gathered from ten years of collaborating with Murakami on translations of his works.